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UTILITY
PATENT APPLICATION
TRANSMITTAL

Attorney Docket No.

IBM-021

First inventor

Frederic Plante

Title

Method for Synchronizatior^.

^ ( Only for new nonprovisional applications under 37 CFR 1. 53(b))

Express Mali Label No,

ER325849860US

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APPLICATION ELEMENTS

See MPEP chapter 600 concerning utility patent application contents.

ADDRESS TO:

Commissioner for Patents
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria VA 22313-1450

1. [71 Fee Transmittal Form (e.g., PTO/SB/17)

(Submit an original and a duplicate for fee processing)

2. LJ Applicant claims small entity status.

See 37 CFR 1.27,

3. CZ] Specification {Total Page s 21

(preferred arrangement set forth below)

• Descriptive title of the invention

- Cross Reference to Related Applications

- Statement Regarding Fed sponsored R&D

- Reference to sequence listing, a table,
or a computer program listing appendix

- Background of the Invention

- Brief Summary of the Invention

- Brief Description of the Drawings (if filed)

• Detailed Description

- Claim(s)

- Abstract of the Disclosure

4. [Z3 Drawing(s) (35 U.S.C. 1 13) [Total Sheets

5. Oath or Declaration [Total Sheets 2

a. [7] Newly executed (original or copy)

b. Q Copy from a prior application (37 CFR 1.63(d))

(for continuation/divisional with Box 18 completed)

i. | I DELETION OF INVENTORfS^

Signed statement attached deleting inventor(s)
name in the prior application, see 37 CFR
1.63(d)(2) and 1.33(b).

6- 13 Application Data Sheet. See 37 CFR 1 .76

7. □ CD-ROM or CD-R in duplicate, large table or

Computer Program (Appendix)

8. Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Submission
(if applicable, all necessary)

a. □ Computer Readable Fomri (CRF)

b. Specification Sequence Listing on:

CD-ROM or CD-R (2 copies); or
ii. im Paper

c. □ statements verifying identity of above copies

ACCOMPANYING APPLICATION PARTS

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Assignment Papers (cover sheet & document(s))
37 CFR 3.73(b) Statement rn Power of
(when there is an assignee) Attomey
English Translation Document (if applicable)
Information Disclosure Copies of IDS

Statement (IDS)/PTO-1449 Citations
Preliminary Amendment
Return Receipt Postcard (MPEP 503)
{Should be specifically itemized)
Certified Copy of Priority Document(s)
(if foreign priority is claimed)
Nonpublication Request under 35 U.S.C. 122
(b)(2)(B)(i). Applicant must attach form PTO/SB/35
or its equivalent.

Other:

18. If a CONTINUING APPLICATION, check appropriate box, andsupplythe requisite information below and in the first sentence of the
specification following the title, or in an Application Data Sheet under 37 CFR 1. 76:

□

Continuation

□

Divisional
Examiner

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Continuation-in-part (CIP)

of prior application No.:

Art Unit:

Prior application information:

For CONTINUATION OR DIVISIONAL APPS only; The entire disclosure of the prior application, from which an oath or declaration is supplied under Box
5b, is considered a part of the disclosure of the accompanying continuation or divisional application and is hereby incorporated by reference.
The Incorporation canjoiily be relied upon when a portion has been Inadve rtentiy omitted from the submitted application parts.

" 19. CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS

Customer Number:

32836

OR

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Con'espondence address below

Name

Address

Guerin & Rodriguez, LLP

5 Mount Royal Avenue

Mount Royal Office Park

City

Mariborough

State

MA

Zip Code

01752

Country

USA

Telephone 508-303-2003

Fax

508-303-0005

Name (Print/Type)

William 9^ Guerin

Registration No. (Attorney/Agent)

41,047

Signature

Date

May 19. 2004

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ADDRESS. SEND TO: Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.

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TRANSMITTAL
for FY 2004

Effective 10101/2003. Patent fees are subject to annual revision.

I I Applicant claims small entity status. See 37 CFR 1.27

TOTAL AMOUNT OF PAYMENT

($) 856.00

Complete if Known

Application Number

Filing Date

First Named Inventor

Examiner Name

Art Unit

Attorney Docket No.

Not Yet Assigned

May 19, 2004

Frederic Plante

Not Yet Assigned

Not Yet Assigned

IBM-021

METHOD OF PAYMENT (check all that apply)

FEE CALCULATION (continued)

[7] Check Q Credit card Q Money Q other | [None
n Deposit Account:

3. ADDITIONAL FEES

Large Entity

Deposit
Account
Numl)er
Deposit
Account
Name

The Director Is authorized to: (check all that apply)

n Charge fee(s) indicated below Q Credit any overpayments

n Charge any additional fee(s) or any underpayment of fee(s)

Q Charge fee(s) indicated below, except for the filing fee

to the above-identified deposit account.

FEE CALCULATION

I.BASIC FILING FEE

l^rge Entity Small Entity

Fee

Fee

Fee

Fee

Fee DescriDtion

Code ($)

Code ($)

1001

770

2001

385

Utility filing fee

1002

340

2002

170

Design filing fee

1003

530

2003

265

Plant filing fee

1004

770

2004

385

Reissue filing fee

1005

160

2005

80

Provisional filing fee

Fee Paid

770

SUBTOTAL (1) ($) 770.00

2. EXTRA CLAIM FEES FOR UTILITY AND REISSUE

Fee from

Ext ra Claim s below Fee Paid

Total Claims |18 I -20** = D I X I I = | |

l^ndependent ^ _3.^ □ X ^3 ^tfiSHD
Multiple Dependent |~

Fee Fee
Code ($)

1051 130

1052 50

1053 130
1812 2.520

1804 920^

1805 1.840-

1251 110

1252 420

1253 950

1254 1,480

1255 2.010

1401 330

1402 330

1403 290

1451 1,510

1452 110

1453 1.330

1501 1.330

1502 480

Large Entity

Small Entity

Fee Fee
Code ($)

Fee Fee
Code ($)

1202 18

2202 9

1201 86

2201 43

1203 290

2203 145

1204 86

2204 43

1205 18

2205 9

Fee Description

Claims in excess of 20

Independent daims in excess of 3

Multiple dependent claim, if not paid

*• Reissue Independent claims
over original patent

Reissue claims In excess of 20
and over original patent

1503
1460
1807
1806
8021
1809

640
130

50
180

40
770

1810 770

1801
1802

770
900

Small Entity

Fee Description

Fee Fee
Code ($)

2051 65 Surcharge - late filing fee or oath

2052 25 Surcharge > late provisional filing fee or

cover sheet

1053 130 Non-English specification

1812 2,520 For filing a request for ex parte reexamination

1804 920* Requesting publication of SIR prior to

Examiner action

1805 1,840* Requesting publication of SIR after

Examiner action

2251 55 Extension for reply within first month

2252 210 Extension for reply within second month

2253 475 Extension for reply within third month

2254 740 Extension for reply within fourth month

2255 1,005 Extension for reply within fifth month

2401 165 Notice of Appeal

2402 165 Filing a brief in support of an appeal

2403 145 Request for oral hearing

1 451 1 .51 0 Petition to institute a public use proceeding

2452 55 Petition to revive - unavoidable

2453 665 Petition to revive - unintentional

2501 665 Utility issue fee (or reissue)

2502 240 Design Issue fee

2503 320 Plant issue fee

1460 130 Petitions to the Commissioner

1807 50 Processing fee under 37 CFR 1.1 7{q)

1806 180 Submission of Information Disclosure Stmt

8021 40 ^^^"^'"9 each patent assignment per
property (times number of properties)

2809 385 Filing a submission after final rejection

(37 CFR 1.129(a))

2810 385 For each additional invention to be

examined (37 CFR 1.129(b))

2801 385 Request for Continued Examination (ROE)

1802 900 Request for expedited examination

of a design appiication

Fee Paid

SUBTOTAL (2)

86.00

^^o^nmbe^revioL^^

Other fee (specify) _

•Reduced by Basic Rling Fee Paid SUBTOTAL (3) |($)

SUBMITTED BY

(Complete (if applicable))

Name (Print/Type)

Signature

Williarp G. Guerin

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Registration No. I ...

Telephone 508-303-2003

I Date I May 19. 2004*

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